Healthcare Announcement: Response to severe diarrhea outbreak in Yangon

Ministry of Health made an announcement, stating that as some patients are receiving medical treatments at hospitals during the outbreak of diarrhea in some townships of Yangon Region starting from 25 June, the field-study teams conducted preventive measures at schools, factories, industries, monasteries, nunneries, homes for the aged, centres of altruistic organizations, training schools and dormitories under the supervision of Ministry of Health and Yangon Region government.

They also conducted health awareness programmes, sharing water purification tablets and chlorine pills. Also, they inspected the cleanliness of markets in Yangon Region to provide the needed assistance. The necessary treatments, medicines, and disease control activities are provided to patients suffering from diarrhea at general hospitals.

A total of 60 new diarrhea patients are receiving medical treatments at hospitals in Yangon Region from 6 am to 6 pm on July 8. Six of them are suffering from severe diarrhea disease.

Out of the townships with high diarrhea diseases, Dawbon township is now under control, whereas Thaketa township sees declines in infection rate, and the health staff are leveraging up the control of disease in cooperation with the people to be able to control the disease in a short time.